Inspired by "The Sky is Over" Serj Tankian. Though you shouldn't ask why that song inspired this, because I'm not sure either. More the video than anything else, and you might see if you wish to check out the video and stick it out through the entire story. (Then again, you may not see just as well. x.x It's not the most obvious thing, the connect is even vaguely confusing to me.)
And I'm not making this shit up about hormones controlling your moods and what not. Look it up if you don't trust me. You're on the internet anyways. Go. Shoo. Then come back.
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Even when unconscious and asleep, the mind never stops working. It's a constant source of entertainment and practicality, while being able to change to a place of ridiculous flights of fancy whenever one should chose for it to become such. A strange place, an amazing tool, a thousand other things. Your mind allows you to vividly picture things without having to use your eyes and see the object, as well as allow you to make sense of the images the eyes relay. Your mind causes you to dream, allows you to plan, and can even create entire scenarios within the confines of your head.
Scientists have made breakthroughs in order to better understand the mind. How it works, what makes it tick and maybe even what fuels individual minds in ways that are unique to anyone else. Among these studies, hormones have been shown to have large effects on the mood of an individual. Nearly as much as the situation you're subjected to, actually. The living world was not alone in their curiosity, and in fact have been long preceded by studies in the twelfth division.
The Soul Society has a dust covered file of such information, having thoroughly researched the idea when some interest was generated in the twelfth division quite some time ago.
Yumichika was always vaguely curious about what else the mind could do. He found ironies to be amusing, and sometimes beautiful. Thinking about thinking. Could there be something more interesting than what the researchers had allowed the public to view?
Only one person could even have a chance to know more than the Soul Society's files showed him.
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Being put in the human world with nothing at all to do except watch over a town with nothing going on was quite a bore. With him being a seated officer, it was surprising that he even was allowed to be sent. If it weren't for him volunteering when the officer previously assigned didn't fall ill, he wouldn't be in the area at all. However, he wished to come because the circumstance allowed him an opportunity to speak with Urahara. He knew to be quick, he wasn't even supposed to be at his post very long, officers were not normally assigned towns in the human world.
Before his replacement got back or something happened, he wanted to ask the only person who could give him a satisfactory answer. Lucky flash steps made it quite easy to get to Karakura Town from where he was positioned.
Once he got to the front of the shop, he was greeted by a very timid girl, sweeping the outside of the shop, who asked him if he wanted to see the owner. He answered by smiling confidently and nodding.
"Please come inside, I'll tell him you're here," she said and bowed to excuse herself, taking the broom with her.
Yumichika took the offer and followed direction to a small dining table in the front of the shop. Urahara came in just a few minutes. As par his normal ritual he opened his fan to cover the lower half of his face, but his smile was evident even from Yumichika's view behind the fan. "What can I do for a Soul Reaper today?"
"My name's Yu. . ." Yumichika realized it wouldn't be smart to give his name when he wasn't even given permission to leave his post. "Yuki."
"Okay, Mr. Yuki. Are you feeling well, forgetting your name?" And then using a women's name in place of whatever your name actually is, Urahara thought, amused.
"I'm just distracted easily. Sorry," Yumichika lied and tried to smile in a friendly manner, although he wasn't sure if his embarrassment came out. If it did, it would only make the act better, he thought.
"What did you come to my shop for?"
"It's just a personal trip, I want to ask you about something I've been wondering about for awhile."
"I see, well please. I'll help you any way I can."
Yumichika nodded. "Well, I was, with permission of course, going through some old files from the Research and Development section of the library and there was something about studying the processes of the mind."
"Oh, yes," Urahara began to lightly fan himself as he seemed to be thinking. "I remember looking over that file with some interest. What division are you in?"
"Combat, eleventh division."
"You don't see a whole lot from that division interested in anything like the research papers. It's good that you're interested in the mind," Urahara smiled. He seemed to be perfectly content with talking cordially this whole time, and not bothering about what "Yuki" had come for.
"No, you don't," Yumichika agreed readily, and involuntarily rolled his eyes at his annoyance with his division's notorious stupidity. "Anyways, I was wondering about something interesting in the file I read. Your mind can create a certain dimensional space, and that's how some people have the ability to use spacial-"
"No, Mr. Yuki. The mind is a dimensional space all it's own, created subconsciously with a small amount of spiritual energy that most aren't aware of. It's basically the same concept as using dimensional spacial contortions in battle," Urahara corrected. He did seem to know quite a bit about the matter, and even more to Yumichika's advantage, would speak freely about it. "Most people don't even understand what their own space looks like, and if they're put there they'll likely not even know."
"Does it look different from person to person?"
"Yes, but the size seems to be endless no matter how much spiritual energy someone possesses. For ones with very small spiritual pressure, the space will endlessly repeat, and for those with large spiritual pressure it will go on endlessly without seeming to have any need for repetition."
Yumichika had no idea Urahara would talk so freely about this. It was only an idle thought he'd had for awhile and wanted an answer to, but now he was getting everything he'd hoped to find out and then some.
"So, Mr. Yuki. Is that all?"
"Oh, well, that's all I really came for, but. . ." Yumichika paused, looking around for something he might like to purchase. "It would be so ugly of me to leave without giving you some business. Could you recommend something, and I'll gladly purchase it," Yumichika replied with a smile.
"I have something rather rare you might enjoy, please wait here," Urahara said and got up to look for the item in question. In a few minutes he came back with a box of swirly aqua and pink candies. "Eat one of each color, pink then blue. They're very good."
Although Yumichika was confused as to why there was an order in which to eat the candy, he thought that they looked very good. He thanked Urahara and bought them. He put them in his uniform, and left back to his post, getting there just before the old Soul Reaper who was on leave of the town returned so Yumichika could go back.
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